Plastic recycling headlines by topic
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Agricultural plastics
- Fee-funded ag plastics program launches
- Delta Plastics acquires reclaimer and bag maker
- New ag plastics recycling facility coming to California
Asia
- Third quarter brings plastic exports strife
- Brands sign pledge at oceans conference
- Malaysia outlines new plastic import criteria
Brand owners
- Nestlé Waters deal enables third CarbonLite plant
- Lower costs boost recovered film end user
- Vitamin bottles to use ‘deseaming’ sleeve label
Canada
- Fee-funded ag plastics program launches
- How one reclaimer is accessing new markets for PS
- PepsiCo signs deal to buy RPET from startup
Challenging materials
- Investor explains decision to back plastics-to-fuel firm
- Developments in flexible packaging recycling
- Facility to install mixed-plastics sorting system
Collection
- Cleanup campaign will call out brand owners
- Florence causes ‘enormous mess’ in Carolinas
- Provincial progress
Container deposits
- In Our Opinion: Why deposits make sense for retailers
- England plans to enact deposit program
- Deposit program to fund charities with uncollected dimes
Courts/lawsuits
- EPS recycling scam lands exec in prison
- Amazon settles ‘biodegradable’ claims case
- Stolen pallet recycling lands two execs in prison
EPR/stewardship
- Provincial progress
- Mandatory plastic packaging policies delayed
- Little agreement on Conn. packaging EPR
Europe
- UK brand adopts sortable black pigment
- Prime PET company moves further into RPET usage
- Dispatches from Europe: A step to stem the plastic tide
Exports
- Third quarter brings plastic exports strife
- Malaysia outlines new plastic import criteria
- India policy effort differs from other Asian nations
Film
- Lower costs boost recovered film end user
- Developments in flexible packaging recycling
- Major packaging company announces goals
HDPE
- Composite lumber manufacturer to be acquired
- Project probes recovered film market potential
- Quantifying environmental benefits of recycled plastic
Industry groups
- PET bottle recycling rate rises to 29.2 percent
- APR: ‘There is no sustainability without recycling’
- Fee-funded ag plastics program launches
LDPE
- Composite lumber manufacturer to be acquired
- Project probes recovered film market potential
- Recovering metal-LDPE mix from carton residue
Legislation
- Lawmakers pass ‘Save Our Seas Act’
- Lobbying efforts expand to promote recycling
- RPET minimum content bill fails
Marine debris
- Brands sign pledge at oceans conference
- Lawmakers pass ‘Save Our Seas Act’
- Cleanup campaign will call out brand owners
Markets
- Markets bring higher post-consumer HDPE prices
- Recycling firms seek tariff exclusions
- Scrap plastics outlet on the way in N.C.
Opinion
- In Our Opinion: Why deposits make sense for retailers
- In My Opinion: Launchpad for circularity
- In Our Opinion: Collection is only half the battle
PET
- Nestlé Waters deal enables third CarbonLite plant
- PET bottle recycling rate rises to 29.2 percent
- Prime PET company moves further into RPET usage
PP
- Pyrolysis firm unveils recycled chemicals to make olefins
- Quantifying environmental benefits of recycled plastic
- Project drives recovery of bumper plastics
Processing
- Company leader discusses mixed-plastic sorting plans
- A glimpse at the technology inside rPlanet Earth
- Scrap plastics outlet on the way in N.C.
PS
- How one reclaimer is accessing new markets for PS
- Breaking down PS and PET announcements
- Pyrolysis firm unveils recycled chemicals to make olefins
PVC
- Where exports displaced from China are finding a home
- Project recycles 10 tons of PVC gift cards
- Study digs into demand for recovered resin
Research
- PET bottle recycling rate rises to 29.2 percent
- Research estimates higher U.S. plastics disposal
- Reclaimer argues for goal of 50 percent RPET bottles
Rigid plastics
- Nestlé Waters deal enables third CarbonLite plant
- Major packaging company announces goals
- Plastic reclaimer sells single-stream facility